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| | | Hey all, I heard some great news yesterday! I was talking to a friend of mine at Bandai Entertainment, and he said that the toy division was very excited over a new Licensing Agreement they had just reached on Friday. Apparently, Lego has acquired (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | Hey guys, check this out: (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Jeff Jardine
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| | | | | | | (...) Wow! And April 1 is the perfect day to make such an announcement! Jeff J (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Deidre Rushton Brumby
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| | | | | | | | | It's April 2nd here now (Aus), so it _must_ be true :) Deidre drb@tasmail.com (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Jon Palmer
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| | | | | | | | Actually, I talked to Jeff about this yesterday (sunday). He didn't even know it was easter yesterday, so I can guarantee this is real. Whats even more interesting about this license is going to be LEGO's comments on the violence issue. -Jon (WOW!) (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Borislav Marinov
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| | | | | | | | (...) my life or is this for real!? (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) "c" ... none of the above? Although the speed and accuracy that Sun Yun exhibited in his knockoff are amazing, ne? (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Eric Sophie
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| | | | | | | Oh ya, hrrrr, hrrrrr LoL! Legomaster (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Tony Knaak
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| | | | | | | (...) You know, my heart rate doubled when I read that. I though to my self..'Tony, The Lego Group does love you.' But alas, I read the other replies and remembered today was the day of pranks and pranksters. Oh well. out tk (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) And even if it were true, you'd have to realize that TLC would undoubtedly design their Gundams with a minimum of pieces and a large number of Bionicle-type pseudobricks--hardly the Mecha you've all been waiting for, I should think... Dave! (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | PICS FOUND!!!! Re: Lego acquires new license —Sun Yun
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| | | | | | After reading this thread, I had to find out if it was true or not. It looks like it is true because I went digging through both Lego and Bandai's secured servers and found a pic of one of the prototypes which I uploaded to my folder: (URL) I'm (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PICS FOUND!!!! Re: Lego acquires new license —Erin Windross
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| | | | | | | One word: [sarcasm] Surrrreee... (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PICS FOUND!!!! Re: Lego acquires new license —Borislav Marinov
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| | | | | | | (...) I really like what you have done with the beam cannon, looks great! The viewer on the shield is also a sweet detail. An overall very compact and detailed model. One day maybe Lego will come to its sences and really do realease a set of such (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PICS FOUND!!!! Re: Lego acquires new license —Christopher Snead
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| | | | | | (...) mecha! Heh, heh... any chance you can forward us some of those links? ;-) Interesting how Lego and Bandai went with the patented "Sun Yun" mouthpiece...I hope you were well compensated... Good thing I can turn to Lugnet to have my emotions (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | | | | | | | Re: PICS FOUND!!!! Re: Lego acquires new license —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) I was rather shocked this AM, Josette had Martha Stewart on and she was explaining how to make and serve up "the perfect glass of water" and showing how she turned the cereal boxes inside out to make them "match the decor of your kitchen"... (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Rob Drechsel
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| | | | | (...) I can't believe that you would sink this low for a laugh. Oh well, we can dream! :o) Rob robo2705@hotmail.com (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, I can sink even lower, trust me. ;D Jeff (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Matt Hein
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| | | | | (...) To tell you something, I'm not the least bit surprised, but, IF this is an april fools joke, than I am surprised! Nice try, Jeff. This is quite a possibility, though,, and I would definitely like to get my hands on one of those models (If this (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | | | (...) I would, given that Bandai has been very protective with their Gundam product lines, and both LEGO and Bandai has been heading toward the same direction in the last few year w.r.t. their construction toys/models. Bandai's models are very easy (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | (...) Think about the Star Wars sets in a sense. Alone, normal models by LucasFilm took a long time and plenty of glue to put together, and you weren't guaranteed good results. And, the cheap imitation models made by other companies didn't even (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | | | (...) The difference is LucasFilm don't sell models or toys themselve. They just licence their design to Hasbro and LEGO. Bandai owns Gundam and sell their own toys and models. (...) Actually most serious model makers modify their Gundam models. It (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | | (...) Even so, I'm sure if Lego were to license Gundam models, trhey would be in the same sense of star wars sets. This isn't really an issue of licensing here, but even though LucasFilm license out their models, that makes it really no different (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Lego acquires new license —Matt Hein
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| | | | | | (...) Even so, I'm sure if Lego were to license Gundam models, trhey would be in the same sense of star wars sets. This isn't really an issue of licensing here, but even though LucasFilm license out their models, that makes it really no different (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | April Fools! (Was: Lego acquires new license) —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | April Fools! Yep, those of you who didn't believe me were right, it was just my prank for this year. :D Sorry to get your hopes up, and please don't hurt me! ;) *Maniacal Supervillain: Exit Stage Right.* Jeff (...) (23 years ago, 2-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha)
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